Oh yea, I bet you did! It was gusting pretty high today!
What did you do today in the reloading room?
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Had some 35-40 mph gusts right before I left. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought I was in Wyoming this past week with all this wind!
Robtattoo
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Got my 90% Dillon mounted to my bench. I'm still waiting for a few parts to be delivered on Monday to finish it off, but I figured out the powder measure thingy & my die depths. I'm waaaay more giddy about having this up & working than is reasonable for middle aged man.
mr.big
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What kinda light you got in there? I need one of those
Robtattoo
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"Skylight" LED lighting Kit for the Dillon RL 550 B and C - Inline Fabrication
LED lighting system for the 550.....perfected. This Patent pending reloading press LED lighting system consists of a machined bushing with...
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Well worth the $34, from what I can gather.
infoman jr.
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The timing was all messed up on my Ponsness Warren forcing me to manually line up the turret for each station as I loaded. Between that and wishing I could remove the dies for shell inspection, I broke down and ordered a die removal system which came with a new timing mechanism. Huge improvement!
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Robtattoo
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Dudes..... like for srsly..... O. M. G!!!
It took me maybe 45 minutes to put together, figure out the primer timing rod thingy & set up the dies, then another 2 hours to crank out 500 rounds, without rushing & checking every 20th powder charge.
How have I managed so long without this in my life???
Robtattoo
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I cranked the psychobilly tunes to 13 today, fully processed 860 pieces of LC .308 brass, loaded up the last of my bulk .223 (300-odd) & I just got done loading up 200 of the .308s.
Cleaned the 6.5 CM and the CZ .22. Also received an order from Midway... Starline .458 SOCOM brass. 
backyardtndeer
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Took advantage of this absolutely beautiful day, and ran some test shots out of the 6 arc.
Ballistic advantage 18 inch barrel. Issues with the Caldwell app with my chronograph, ended up just writing data down. Not just real pleased with my shooting, frustration with the app may not have helped. But did have a .513 5 shot group with 27.5 grains accurate 2520 under 100 grain hornady btsp. Started at 27 and went to 29 in .5 grain increments. Velocities a lot lower than I was hoping as well. Max load is 29.4, I may load a few and see how they do, 29 grain group was tighter than at 28 and 28.5.
Ballistic advantage 18 inch barrel. Issues with the Caldwell app with my chronograph, ended up just writing data down. Not just real pleased with my shooting, frustration with the app may not have helped. But did have a .513 5 shot group with 27.5 grains accurate 2520 under 100 grain hornady btsp. Started at 27 and went to 29 in .5 grain increments. Velocities a lot lower than I was hoping as well. Max load is 29.4, I may load a few and see how they do, 29 grain group was tighter than at 28 and 28.5.
Omega
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Finally acquired all my 6.5CM supplies, now to find a good load for my rifle. I have these ELD-X, some Speer Gold Dots, and some cast bullets I plan on trying out. The one that performs the best will become my go-to hunting round, kinda hoping it's the cast bullet from the mold 266-140-FN-BY2 which made these samples, that way I can go all out getting one.
Good luck! You may need more than one bottle of powder tho! 
mr.big
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How fast can you run thoseFinally acquired all my 6.5CM supplies, now to find a good load for my rifle. I have these ELD-X, some Speer Gold Dots, and some cast bullets I plan on trying out. The one that performs the best will become my go-to hunting round, kinda hoping it's the cast bullet from the mold 266-140-FN-BY2 which made these samples, that way I can go all out getting one.
Omega
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Yea, have two more pounds of H4350 on backorder, also some A4350 and Varget that will run these if needed.Good luck! You may need more than one bottle of powder tho!
Don't know yet out of the Creedmoor, but load data from other calibers say 2008 out of a 264 Win, and 2272 out of a 6.5 Arisaka so it should be plenty out of my rifle.
I'll be interested to see your results. I did "ok" with h-4350 at 42gn I believe. I'm gonna shoot another set of 5 in .5 increments to rule out shooter suckednessFinally acquired all my 6.5CM supplies, now to find a good load for my rifle. I have these ELD-X, some Speer Gold Dots, and some cast bullets I plan on trying out. The one that performs the best will become my go-to hunting round, kinda hoping it's the cast bullet from the mold 266-140-FN-BY2 which made these samples, that way I can go all out getting one.
Another powder to try that I've had good success with using 140 gr pills is Superformance.
Omega
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Good to know, in case it takes too long to get the rest of the H4350.
Did a full processing and priming of 250pc 270W and 200pc od 300BO
Loaded up a 100 rounds of 350L along with 30 ladder test loads on another 350L round
Feels like a productive day
Loaded up a 100 rounds of 350L along with 30 ladder test loads on another 350L round
Feels like a productive day
Just came in from weighing the cases from my last outing that gave me the best results. Then weighed out another hundred or so to that weight range, then primed 50 more after weighing them. Starline 6.5 Creedmoor brass.
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